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PEOPLE

Food, place, and people on a mission. This is our mantra, and the embodiment of a vision. Place gives us all a geographic context, and food brings us together…but without people, there is no mission. The incredible people in our urban communities are why we exist. We’re inspired by the complexity, diversity, and creativity around us, and we want to be a resource to support our neighbors as we all work to accomplish great things!

Urban Arts Collective

More than just an occasional art show, the Urban Arts Collective is a dedicated program to bring regular exposure and notoriety to our wonderful and talented local artists. We support them with a variety of resources, and free gallery space for professional art shows in the cafe.

If you’re a local artist, we want to give you a public venue to display your work (especially for those living in South St. Louis City). Contact us for more info. We will send you a complete outline of the program, and details on how to participate. We generally book 3 months in advance.

Empty Bowls Project

The Empty Bowls Project is a grassroots movement to help end hunger. Since being created by The Imagine Render Group, it has grown into an international movement, raising awareness and money to help those in need. Its concept is simple: potters and other craftsmen, educators, and non-profits, gather with their community to create hand crafted bowls. Guests are invited for a meal of soup and bread, and as a “thank you” for donating to local hunger relief, are gifted a handmade bowl as a reminder of all of the empty bowls in the world. All the proceeds are given to a local organization working to end hunger in the community. Click here for details about past Empty Bowl events, and check back to find out when we’ll host the next one!

Give Back

Jobs

Do you love our South Side city neighborhoods, and want to be a part of positive change? Have some extra hours and some great skills you’d like to put to good use, for extra pay? Are you responsible, trustworthy? If that sounds like you, we’d love to talk.

We have full-time and part-time positions available. Our part-time hours are very flexible. We schedule around your schedule. There are short shifts during lunch or dinner hours, as well as opportunities for additional Catering & Kitchen prep work, if desired. Urban Eats’ hourly pay starts at $9, DOE, plus tips.

We’re also looking for stellar people to fill a variety of positions in our “Neighborhood Talent Pool”. Dependable, honest and hardworking people in our community who want to earn extra income by doing job-specific work, for local businesses. Some jobs could be as short as 1-2 hour increments. Pay is job-specific and generally negotiable.

Positive attitudes required! Hospitality, Retail or Foodservice experience are helpful but not required.